The 24-year-old, who won high bar silver at the 2015 European Championships, started gymnastics aged seven because he was incredibly hyperactive and needed a controlled environment to run around in.

He joked how his mum was particularly pleased as it meant the furniture at home remained in one piece!

Team GB boasts phenomenal strength in depth in their gymnastics squad and Oldham’s teammate Bevan said it was a huge honour to be called up to represent his country.

The 19-year-old was part of the men's team in Rio who just missed out on a bronze medal and admits that that result has added extra fire to his desire to succeed.

He said: "It's made me so much more motivated and I’m determined to get my Olympic medal and get to these competitions."

Bevan also praised Hearn’s track record in successfully boosting the profile of certain sports and is full of optimism about the impact the partnership with Matchroom will have.

He said: "Everything you've done for some of the other sports, like snooker and darts, it's exciting times and hopefully it can do the same for gymnastics."

International competition at the event comes in the form of Ukranian Oleg Verniaiev, who claimed the parallel bars gold and all-around silver in Rio, and American vault world medallist Donnell Whittenburg.